Workstation 9 and 10 - NO 3D Acceleration for Shared VMs ?
Is this an official limitation of the Shared VMs or a bug? Any workaround? 3D Acceleration is shown as available in the properties of a shared VM but it definitely doesn't work.I've tried on Intel...
View ArticlePromiscuous mode?
I have Wkstn 10 running on CentOS 6 with 5 VM's all using bridged network. 3 are on "Bridged", and 2 are on "vmnet1". For some reason the names change when the VM is moved to shared. Otherwise the...
View ArticleVMware workstation doesn't start, black screen
Hello there VMware community, I am having trouble installing and using VMware Workstation 10 on my new windows 8.1 machine (Acer). I am trying to install a windows XP virtual machine - but it never...
View ArticleHelp with starting a program in VM
I have made this script for my current VMS , But now i need a script that can start a program in each VM with a slight delay between the running to the programI would appreciate if someone could help...
View Article"Unable to connect to the MKS: Internal error." with a shared virtual machine.
Hi. VMware Workstation 10.0.1 build-1379776Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1 Trying to power on a Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit virtual machine produces the following error:Unable to connect...
View ArticleScrolling causes high CPU usage
I run Firefox in a Linux VM for the purpose of visiting potentially malware-infested websites, and I've noticed that simply scrolling the webpage is enough to send host CPU usage up to 70-80% on a Core...
View ArticleVMWare workstation 9.0 multi-display issue
Hi guys, I have been using VMWare Workstation for the past 5 years and cannot be without it! Since I upgraded to 9.0 couple of years ago or so, there has been an annoying issue that I have not found...
View ArticleVM instance UUID conflict
Hello, I built a workstation (windows 7) and then downloaded the entire directory to save the image. Then I uploaded the same same directory with a different name back to the same host. I got a alarm...
View ArticleUnable to connect WebCam to Workstation 10
Running Workstation 10.0.1 build-1379776 on a HP 8570p laptop. Windows 8.1 x64 Host OS. It has a built in Chicony webcam which works fine in the host OS. Workstation sees this as an available device,...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 Installation on VMware WorkStation 10
I am facingproblem installing SQL Server 2012 on VMware workstation(10) with Windows 7, Iam getting message as 'The operating system on this computer does not meet theminimum requirements for SQL...
View ArticleLinux VMware Tools and their dependences
Hi I would like toinstallVMware Toolson aLinuxVMcreatedwithWorkstation10.xfor Windows. ThisLinux distributionderivedfrom Ubuntu13.10. Iwould like to knowwhichpackages are neededfor the proper...
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Size of items inside VM ware player are very small
Hello All , I've Win 8 , 64 bit hp laptop , and for some development purpose i have installed winxp using VMWare player successfully But now when i open VM Ware or Win Xp , the size of the items are...
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Why would I be able to access files on a VM from CMD but not File Explorer?
I have had a problem going back I think all the way to when I installed Workstation 10... I can access shares on my host Windows 8.1 system via Windows networking from inside a Windows 8.1 VM no...
View ArticleLock VM after 60 days of use
Hello, I have created a VM for my developers but would like to lock the VM or automatically stopped it after 60 days of use. Is there any feature available in VMWare workstation to do this? if its not...
View ArticleFolder does not appear in guest from host.
Hello, I have VMware Workstation 10.0.1 build-1379776 installed in windows 8.1 x64.After running this command "ls -l /mnt/hgfs/D" on each linux vmware guest, this is what I get. (D being the shared...
View ArticleKernel panic - not sycning: Attempted to kill the idle task
Hello,I havewindowsvmwareworkstation8.1 and7.0.0build-203739. I want toinstallubuntu64 bitbut Istill have...
View ArticleCan't connect to serial port on host (WinXP guest on Win7 host)
Hi, i'm using a Windows XP guest on a Windows 7 host machine, with Workstation 10. I'm trying to connect to the serial port on the host but get the following error message: serial0: Unable to retrieve...
View ArticleInstall windows 2012 r2 and 8.1 on vmware workstation 10.0.1
Hello,I have upgraded VMware workstation to 10.0.1 to support 2012 R2. But when I see the supported operating systems there's no 2012R2 and no 8.1. Picture attached.
View ArticleUnable to start 'vmware-workstation-server' in Ubuntu 12.04.4, service...
Operating System Ubuntu 12.04.4 uname -a Linux server 3.8.0-35-generic #52~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 30 17:24:40 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux VMware Workstation10.0.0 build-1295980 I...
View ArticleVMWare Workstation Unrecoverable Error (vThread 17) - Exception xc0000005...
I am receiving the following error on one of my VMs.... VMWare Workstation Unrecoverable Error (vThread 17)Exception xc0000005 (Access Violation) has occurred I am able to disable 3D Acceleration on...
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